538 



INDEX. 



Blind-worm, a harmless ser- 

 pent, page 47 



Boat, the five-men, what, 317 



Bony fishes, 54. 1Q1 



Botargo, what, 438 



Bottle-head, a sort of Whale, 

 85 



Branlines, vide Samlet. 



Bream, 478 



sea, 329 



Bret, 321 



British names, 527 



Bujbnites, what, 20 



Bulcard, 280 



Bull-head, river, 291 

 armed, 293 



Bull-trout, 398 



Burbot, 265 



Butterfish, 282 



But, a name for the Flounder, 

 30» 



C 



Cachalot, genus of Whales 

 producing sperma-ceti, 79 

 the blunt-headed, 



ib. 

 round-headed, 82 

 two-toothed, 84 

 high-finned, 83 

 Cancers, attempts to cure by 

 the application of toads, 

 22. 505 

 Carp, 467 



its longevity, 469 

 very tenacious of life, 

 470 



Carp, golden, page 490 

 Cartilaginous fishes, their 



characters, 53. 100 

 Cetaceous fishes, their cha- 

 racters, 53. 58 

 Char, 407 



gilt and red, probably 

 the same fish, 409 

 Chimera, northern, *157 

 Chub, 485 

 Coal-fish, 250 

 Coble, a sort of boat, 317 

 Cod-fish, the common, 231 

 fish affecting cold 



climates, 232 

 very prolific, 237 

 green, 253 

 vast fishery off 

 Newfoundland, 

 ib. 

 three bearded, 267 

 five-bearded, 268 

 variable, 239 

 Conger, how differing from 

 the eel, 196 



an article of com- 

 merce in Cornwall, 

 198 

 Comber, wrasse, 342 

 Cook, wrasse, 340 

 Cyprine, 467 



D 



Dab, 308 



smear, 309 

 Dace, or Dare, 483 



